The opening of John’s gospel provides some of the richest poetry in all literature. As an erstwhile English teacher, I am drawn back time and time again to the complex layering of metaphor as John urges us to begin to conceptualise this miracle of miracles – God made flesh. In the beginning was the Word, and …
Emma reviews Chaim Potok’s novel, I Am The Clay, and ponders how a good story can help us see more clearly one another’s lives.
Emma reviews Claire Keegan’s Booker Prize nominated Small Things Like These, a novella about one father’s encounter with one of Ireland’s infamous Magdalene laundries.
Trusting God with the last of ourselves… Emma concludes our Lenten series with a meditation on the seventh last saying of Jesus.
A poetic reflection on the quiet beauty of an aging pet.
Emma reflects on the writing process and shares some poems from covid days.